TOBA TEK SINGH: An immigration team of the FIA offloaded from Faisalabad airport a passenger bound for Italy using tampered with valid passport/visa and resident card of his brother.

Accused Qamar Hussain, whose brother Nazim Hussain is settled in Italy, had hired the services of two alleged human smugglers Bilal Ahmad and Muhammad Faisal to tamper with the passport and visa of his brother against a Rs600,000 deal, with half of the amount paid in advance.

On Qamar’s disclosure, FIA arrested Faisal from the airport parking who was present there to get remaining amount from his family which, in human smuggling cases, becomes due when the plane takes off with client on board.

Published in Dawn, July 25th, 2024

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